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Im thinking I might upload a small guide for people on how to get their systems running Higurashi with the English Patch, both the Demo and the Full Version. Unfortunately, alot of those guides out there seem to contain steps that arnt needed. Plus, Windows loves to do some stuff that just plain confuses or scares when you first see it. Also, some of the steps arnt needed to play the game, just to get it to install correctly.

Hmm. Would there be enough people out there who need Windows 2000 instructions?

On the main menu in the demo version there are four buttons and the third is for Omake. When I click on it, it only says exit, so what exactly do i have to do to unlock it? Also, will you be translating the Omake?

On the main menu in the demo version there are four buttons and the third is for Omake. When I click on it, it only says exit, so what exactly do i have to do to unlock it? Also, will you be translating the Omake?

The Omake is not available in the demo version. Technically, you shouldn't be seeing the Omake button at all, but the original game script doesn't seem to leave out the button correctly (it's not there when the program starts, but seems to appear if you come back from the "Continue" menu and such.)

The Omake elements are available in the full version of the game, and yes, we are translating them.

On the topic of using the demo, make sure your computer is extracting it correctly. I do know that the extractor uses Japanese characters in some file names, and it can royally screw those up if you dont do it correctly...
(I think I might hurry up on that guide I mentioned...)

And your right about Omake not being left out correctly. Fairly sure that if you click in its position when its "not there" it will appear and take you to the Omake section... You only get to Exit, but thats still a bit unusual.

On another note, what does the Omake actually contain? I know it has the Chapter Select feature, and when I tried that it did add more features in there (and I think one was a minigame). What exactly are the extras?

Last edited by DaCyclops; 2008-02-07 at 22:42.
Reason: err, forgot to actually say the demo stuff.

When playing the demo, once you've finished the Onikakushi story, you'll have proper access to the Omake menu from that point on.

You'll be able to jump to a particular chapter (from the "Start" button), and the Omake menu has access to a bonus "afterwards" scenario as well as a full TIPS menu.

If you have the full game, once you finish Onikakushi you'll have access to the same Omake as the demo, as well as a minigame. The later stories (Watanagashi, etc.) will give you other bonus scenarios and minigames, and some other stuff which we haven't looked at very much yet. (Hey, those won't be available for a while...)

The Omake is not available in the demo version. Technically, you shouldn't be seeing the Omake button at all, but the original game script doesn't seem to leave out the button correctly (it's not there when the program starts, but seems to appear if you come back from the "Continue" menu and such.)

The Omake elements are available in the full version of the game, and yes, we are translating them.